A feasibility study to assess the design of a multi-centre randomised controlled trial of the clinical and cost-effectiveness of a caregiving intervention for people with chronic musculoskeletal pain.

niversity of East Anglia0 个研究点目标入组 76 人开始时间: 2022年4月11日最近更新: 2024年5月13日

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•1. Adults aged 18 years and over with a history (6 weeks or more) of pain from a musculoskeletal (bone, joint or muscle) origin.
•2. Patient currently has a secondary care referral or is attending physiotherapy, rheumatology, orthopaedic, occupational therapy or pain management services.
•3. Patients able to nominate an individual who is an informal caregiver. An informal caregiver is defined as someone who has done or is expected to provide unpaid care, assistance, support or supervision in activities of daily living for at least three hours per week over two or more personal contacts.
•4. Patients and caregivers willing and able to provide consent.
•5. Patients and caregivers who can engage in a group-based intervention currently delivered in English.
•6. If the participating hospital appointment is routinely an online or virtual appointment rather than an in-person face-to-face appointment, patient and caregiver participants must have access to a computer or tablet and internet services to receive a video consultation call.

•1. Patients or caregivers with acute (requiring hospitalisation) or terminal illness (life expectancy <six weeks) which would make participation in the rehabilitation strategies contraindicated and/or impractical.

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niversity of East Anglia